The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19


The amount due depostors includes the
last dividend. - The special school
meeting of last Friday evening was adj
journed to Thursday evening of this week.
- Professor w. f. Rocheleau of Sauk
Center, Ia. visited his father-in-law, Rev.
j. s. Spinney, last week. - q. ID: Met
calf is at home from Buffalo, Wyoming, to
spend the winter - Miss Flora II.
Averill is visiting in Massachusetts and
Connecticut. - Thursday morning a
little after eight fire was discovered in the
attic OF Martin Cobleigh's sash and door
shop at the South Village. AS it was well
under headway when found, and there was
of course great deal of easily combusti-
BILE material about the shop, it was impos-
sible to do much with the fire, and it soon
became evident that the house, which was
very near and connected by a shed, must
go also. A planer and some small tools
were saved from the shop and everything
was taken out of the house. The engines
from this village were sent up, but did not
get there in time to do much service. The
shop, with most of its contents, and the
house We're entirely consumed. By the use
of wet blankets and water the house of
Francis Wright which stands few feet
north of the Cobleigh house, was saved
from material injury. There was no insur-
ance on the burned buildings. One-half the
property was owned by George w. Kings
bury of Waterbury, who formerly worked
UDtTt. MT. tODlelBu mas 1uONtu lnIO lHt
Morse house at the north end of the village.
- Mrs. j. NJ. Hit was delegate from
this place to a meeting of representatives of
the Chautauqua Circles of New Hampshire
and Vermont, held at Weirs last Thurs
day. The arrangements for a meeting to
he held next summer were left with the
board of directors, one of whom is Mrs.
Hit. - A supper and entertainment
will be given at Howes' Hall next week
Wednesday evening for the benefit of the
choir of the Congregational church. Sup
per from half-past five to half-past six and
the exercises will begin at half-past seven.
- DR.. w. b. Mayo left Monday for
New York to take up some special surgical
study. - Miss Eta Tucker of Lebanon,
n. H., visited in town last week. So
Mrs. Harriet n. Davis is visiting her sons in
Holyoke and Worcester, Mass. - Mrs.
Maggie Sampson has gone to New Britain,
CT. - The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will meet with Mrs. 4. A. Pres
ton Thursday at three o'clock 2. NJ. Bible
reading. Subject Isaiah Xl.
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.
THE Junior exhibition is TO be held Feb
ruary 18th - There is talk of having a
sophomore exhibition next spring. ==
There is to be a debate this afternoon on
the tariff. - All of the teachers are
going to the teachers institute at West
Randolph this week.
RoXbury.
THERE is TO be a campfire in this village
next Friday evening, with an address by
Captain IL. c. Lull of Montpelier. - Pat
Carney has moved to Northtield, where he
has situation as foreman on a railroad sec
tion. - Frank Ellis, Q. NJ Ford and Ed.
Stimson, all of Granville, were in town last
week. 60 There was a lawsuit at the
Bull Run school-hopse Monday and Tues
day of last week before Justice S. f. Judd
of Northheld. The parties were school dis
trict No. q, plaintiff, and Robert Harper, de-
fendant. Verdict for the plaintiff. Plumley
for plaintiff: Stanton for defendant.
Waitsfield.
THE ladies of the Congregational church
and society propose to have their annual
chcken-pe festival three weeks from to-
morrow Thursday evening, February 10.
This festival has become an " honored insti-
tuition " in Mad River Valley, and no kind
of weather nor travelling has hitherto pre-
vented the ladies from having full
house" 1t is hoped and expected that the
coming festival will equal, if not excel, all
the former entertainments of the kind, for
which extensive preparations are being
made. - An educational meeting will
be held here Thursday and Friday Feb
ruary 3 and 4. Following is the programme
of exercises Thursday evening-address,
"Schools and Education Superintendent
Justus Dartt, Springfield. Friday morn
ing-devotional exercises; class exercise in
reading, Miss Carrie NJ. Green, Waitsheld; ;
discussion; arithmetic; questions, Friday
afternoon-class exercise in geography,
Superintendent j, b. Thompson, Fayston
temperance instruction, ladies of Woman's $
Christian Temperance Union; writing and
composition, Principal j M. Hit, North
field. Friday evening-percentage DR.. &.
j. Allen, Waitsheld; language and reading,
Principal j. NJ. Hit, Northfeld; questions
1t is expected that superintendents and
teachers from all adjoining towns will be
present and take part in the exercises, and
a cordial invitation is extended to all to do